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That right and wrong (or right- and wrong-making action features) are discrete and quantifiable. The thought that such a thing was possible is so scary. Please
by narag 7y ago
That right and wrong (or right- and wrong-making action features) are discrete and quantifiable.
The thought that such a thing was possible is so scary. Please, let me act (mostly :) legally and keep your ideas of morality out of my life.
- nine_k 7y agoWhat is legal is very much influenced by what is considered moral. See: slavery, sex outside marriage, homosexuality, free speech, the very notion of murder (stand your ground vs excessive self-defence) and of crime in general (whether malicious intent is present). Sorry, laws of society are not laws of nature.
- narag 7y agoThere are two opposite approachs to establish rules for a society: imposition and negotiation. I prefer negotiation. Morals tend to work in absolutes, so morality gets into laws by negotiation because persons with different morals make a deal. When majority morals gets unimpemded into law, with no regard for minorities, the result is not pretty.
- threatofrain 7y agoNegotiation at the level of individual relationship to society and law is imposition with extra steps, but it is a desired sophistication of force. Sovereign citizens come to mind, talking about social contracts and moral law, but such things do not intermediate their relationship to government.